Chinese symbol for “seduce”
勾引
gōu yǐn
to seduce; to tempt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seduce is 勾引 (gōu yǐn), defined as: to seduce; to tempt.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “seduce”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 色诱 (色誘) | sè yòu | to seduce; to lead into sex |
| 诱奸 (誘姦) | yòu jiān | to seduce (into sex) |
| 引诱 (引誘) | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勾引.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勾结 (勾結) | gōu jié | to collude with; to collaborate with |
| 勾当 (勾當) | gòu dàng | shady business |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline |
| 勾搭 | gōu da | to gang up; to fool around with |
| 勾起 | gōu qǐ | to evoke; to induce |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 引发 (引發) | yǐn fā | to lead to; to trigger |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seduce”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.